ADAMS

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BUCK

William Edward

Private 10185, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died of wounds 21 July 1916. Born Fakenham, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich, resident Thorndon. Brother of Mr. A. Buck, of Gladstone Cottages, Heacham, Norfolk. Buried in COUIN BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 16.

BURNETT

Frederick George

Gunner 890462, "A" Battery, 270th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died in Palestine 19 April 1918. Aged 29. Born Eye, enlisted Hertford. Only son of Daniel and Eliza Burnett, of Thorndon, Eye, Suffolk. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel (Palestine). Plot/Row/Section X. Grave 6.

CANHAM

William

Private 40547, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 27 April 1917. Born Thorndon, enlisted Eye. Formerly 4333, Suffolk Regiment. No known grave. Commmeorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 37 and 38.

CHALLIS

Reginald David

Private 6740, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 9 April 1915. Aged 30. Born Bardwell, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of John and Alice E. Challis, of Thorndon, Eye, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21.

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CRACKNELL

Herbert John [Benjamin]

Private 44801, 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 23 March 1918. Aged 19. Born and resident Thorndon, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of Mrs. Mary Cracknell, of The Post Office, Thorndon, Eye, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3 and 4.

GARRARD

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HAMMOND

Albert Edward

Private 15261, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 23 February 1915. Aged 22. Born Wetheringsett, Suffolk, enlisted Ipswich. Son of the late Syer & Annie Hammond, Buckshall Cottage, Thorndon. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21

HAMMOND

Nathan Alfred

Private 3617, 1st/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 21 June 1916. Aged 19. Enlisted Ipswich. Son of the late Syer & Annie Hammond, Buckshall Cottage, Thorndon. Buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row E. Grave 56.

HAMMOND

Reginald Frederick

[Thorndon was misspelt as Thornden on SDGW] Private G/13255, 11th Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died of wounds on 6 October 1916. Aged 20. Born and resident Thorndon, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds. Son of Robert Henry and Maud Mary Hammond, of Red House, Thorndon. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XVI. Row D. Grave 8A.

JOHNSON †

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KERRY

Edward Joseph

Private G/27464, 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 13 November 1916. Born 1 May 1881Hepworth, Suffolk, resident Highfield, enlisted London, W.C. Baptised 5 June 1881 in Hepworth, St Peter, Suffolk, son of Samuel Henry and Mary Ann Kerry. In the 1891 census he was aged 9, born Hepworth, Suffolk, a Scholar, brother of Alfred Kerry, resident Cottage Two Tenements, Ipswich Road, Yaxley, Hartismere, Suffolk. In the 1901 census he was aged 19, born Hepworth, Suffolk, a Groom not domestic, resident Town Street, Wootton, Bedford, Bedfordshire. In the 1911 census he was working as a Domestic Coachman, single, born Hepworth, Suffolk, resident Forgmere Lodge, Colney Street, near St Albans, St Stephen, Hertfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. See also Ifield Green, Sussex

KERRY

Harry Samuel

Private G/14856, 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died of wounds 28 September 1917. Aged 38. Born Hepworth, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St Edmund's, resident Elmswell. Husband of A. M. L. Kerry, of The Street, Elmswell, Bury St. Edmund's; brother of Edward (above(. Formerly G/16658, Royal West Kent Regiment. Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XXIV. Row D. Grave 14A.

LEWIS

Phiip Dockrell

Rifleman 5270 [SDGW] or 5276 [CWGC], 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Killed in action 14 March 1915. Born Harwich, Essex, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, resident Thorndon. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 44.

LOCK †

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LOCK †

Joseph Sidney

Private 43888, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 27 September 1916. Aged 27. Born Thorndon, enlisted Eye. Son of the late Joseph and Esther Lock; husband of Annie Maria Keeble (formerly Lock), of Low Barn, Wetheringsett, Stowmarket. Formerly 4389, Suffolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

LOCKWOOD

Aubrey Walter

[Listed a A M LOCKWOOD on CWGC and also A J LOCKWOOD elsewhere] Rifleman B/3307, 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own). Killed in action 9 August 1915. Aged 22. Born Thorndon, enlisted Norwich, resident Charlbury, Oxfordshire. Son of Malta William and Florence Lockwood, of Crabro Villas, Charlbury, Oxon. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 46 - 48 and 50.

MILLETT

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NOLLER

Walter Augustus

Private 18479, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 9 August 1916. Aged 22. Enlisted Eye. Brother of Mr. C. E. Noller, of The Street, Thorndon, Eye, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

STONE

Horace Last

Private 27362, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 30 November 1917. Aged 20. Born Thorndon, enlisted Wroxham, Norfolk. Son of Emma M. Issacs, of 4, Olive Grove, Trinity Place, Ramsgate. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 4.

THEOBALD

Arthur J

Private 6096, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 27 January 1916. Born Thorndon, enlisted York. Son of William and Mary Theobald, of Thorndon Eye, Suffolk; brother of Charles Edward Theobold (listed below). Buried in SPOILBANK CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row B. Grave 24.

THEOBALD

Charles Edward

Private L/6147, 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action 3 October 1914. Born Thursdon (sic), enlisted Lindon, resident Whitney, Oxford. Son of William and Mary Theobald, of Thorndon Eye, Suffolk; husband of Gertrude Emma Pugh (formerly Theobald), of Cilsant House, Goat St., Haverford West, Pembrokeshire; brotjrt of Arthur J Theobald (listed above). Served in the South African Campaign. Buried in VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Verneuil Churchyard Memorial 1.

Note: The neighbourhood of Vendresse-Et-Troyon was the scene of repeated and severe fighting in which British troops took part in 1914 and 1918. Vendresse British Cemetery was made after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from other cemeteries and from the battlefields. There are now over 700, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half are unidentified and almost all of whom fell in 1914 or 1918. Special memorials are erected to three soldiers, known or believed to be buried here in unnamed graves; and other special memorials record the names of 50 United Kingdom soldiers buried in other cemeteries whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. In 37 instances, graves identified collectively but not individually are marked by headstones superscribed: "Buried near this spot". The British Cemetery covers an area of 2,188 square metres and is enclosed (except on the roadside) by a low stone rubble wall. Of these VERNEUIL CHURCHYARD, MARNE, is the place where one British soldier was buried in October, 1914, namely Charles Theobald.

TURNER

Aubrey Ernest

Lance Corproal 9994, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 2 May 1915. Aged 21. Born Dartford, Kent, enlisted Norwich, resident Thorndon. Son of Theodore F. & Alice M. Turner, of 20, Abbey Road, West Ham, London. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 39.

WELLS

Cecil John

Private 16869, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 13 October 1915. Born Thorndon, enlisted Norwich. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31.

WELLS

[Frederick] William

Gunner 19895, 111th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 20 June 1917. Aged 30. Born Thorndon, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, resident Rickinghall. Son of Frederick William and 0. E. Wells, of East Church St., Kenninghall, Attleborough, Norfolk. Buried in VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO. 3, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XIII. Row D. Grave 15.

JOHNSON

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RIBBONS

Leonard Norman

Signalman 2361578, H.Q. Malaya Command Signals, Royal Corps of Signals. Died 12 September 1944. Aged 26. Son of Charles and Alice Ribbons; husband of Doris Edith Ribbons, of Great Warley, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 45.